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REGULATIONS ON GARBAGE PICKUP: Grass cuttings from yards, tree leaves, small limbs, twigs, dead flowers, dead plants or other trash or debris from yards should be brought to the City transfer station for disposal. If a citizen cannot get them to the transfer station they should be neatly piled up near that citizen’s dumpster and the transfer station staff should be notified. A City sanitation crew will pick them up; however, depending on their work load at the time, pickup may take up to a week. The transfer station is located on Pecos Road near the north end of the City in the Industrial Park area. It is open seven days a week from 8:00 AM to 4:45 PM. The phone number there is 748-8812.
The City locates dumpsters in alleys, some streets, and other assorted locations for use of our citizens. If there is a dumpster in an alley or on a street near your house, you may put your residential refuse in there. Businesses pay for their own dumpsters to be located on their business properties. Please do not put residential refuse in a business dumpster. Only residential or commercial refuse should be placed in City dumpsters.
Large metal items, items of furniture, or large appliances should be brought to the transfer station for disposal. Construction debris or rocks or soil should be brought to the Eddy County landfill near Carlsbad. Hazardous chemicals should be disposed of commercially and must not be put in dumpsters.
Waste oil and old oil filters (in quantities such as a household might be expected to generate) can be disposed of at the transfer station for no charge. We place recycling bins at locations around the City as we can to encourage recycling of paper and cardboard. At this time there are some in the K-Mart parking lot. Please encourage businesses you patronize to allow us to place them in their parking lots.
Generally, residential dumpsters are emptied on Tuesdays and Thursdays and business dumpsters are emptied on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. There are some exceptions to these rules. If you need to know when your dumpster is emptied, please call the transfer station. If you need an extra pickup, please notify the transfer station staff.
All tree toppings, large brush, and tree limbs removed or cut down within the city shall be removed promptly by the property owners or the occupants of the property, at the expense of said property owners or occupants, to the city waste transfer station.